Archive for November, 2009

3 things I never thought I’d eat in Japan…

Friday, November 6th, 2009

Ok, so yesterday evening I ate dinner with Sakuma san, one of Ayako’s senpais (like “mentor” in english) and a friend. We occasionally eat and drink together so that he can practice english, and I can practice nihongo - works out well, because we both have to reference the dictionary sometimes
Dinner last […]

Yesterday a National Holiday

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Yesterday was a national holiday in Japan known as Culture Day (bunka no hi). I worked much like a normal day except I took an extended lunch to go to the mall with Ayako.
The mall was packed with people shopping. I’ve never seen so many shoppers at that mall before, so it made […]

How many parties?

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

On Saturday Ayako’s coworkers hosted a party for us in honor of our wedding, along with another coworker that just got engaged. It was a congratulatory party for the newlywed and the newly engaged.
The party started at 2pm in Roppongi (expensive part of Tokyo) at a neat little restaurant. We ate a mix […]